1. LESSON FIVE
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2. YOUR STARTER
Can you remember a quotation from Act 1, Scene 2 about Macbeth’s character?
‘Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution…’
(Act 1, Scene 2)
Can you remember who said it?
What does it tell you about Macbeth?
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

3. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR STARTER
‘Come you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me with direst cruelty.’
(Act 1, Scene 5)
Now for this lesson’s quotation.
Fill out your ‘Quotation Analysis Pad’ in as much detail as possible. Write the quotation in the middle of your sheet and complete the activities around it.
Not sure where to start? Look at the words/phrases in bold.
‘Spirits’ has supernatural connotations suggesting a higher power. It also implies…
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

4. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Make a point that answers the question.
Ambition is a major theme in the play, a negative trait that makes Shakespeare’s characters...
2) Find a quotation that helps answer the question and make an inference/discuss it.
In her soliloquy, Lady Macbeth says, ‘…’ We can infer from this that…
3) Analyse the quotation. What does it suggest? What effect does the language have? Use the correct subject terminology.
The verb/noun/adjective/imperative, ‘…’ could imply… Shakespeare may have Lady Macbeth say this because he wanted a contemporary audience to feel… Furthermore…
4) Relate to the social/historical context.
It is interesting to note that Shakespeare uses masculine imagery to help present Lady Macbeth’s ambition. Lady Macbeth clearly realises that to get anywhere in life she must…
5) Make your next point, talking about another part of the play. Repeat the process!
Ambition is further presented through…
YOUR TASK
Starting with this speech, explore how Shakespeare presents ambition in ‘Macbeth’.
‘Yet I do fear they nature; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness…’
‘Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here…’
‘Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear…’
‘Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall…’
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

5. TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
YOUR TASK
Stick the grid underneath your work.
Reflect on your work and tick the box you think is most appropriate for your work.
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

6. What can you say about this quotation? TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
TO FINISH
Swap essays with your partner and read through their answer.
Write a WHAT WENT WELL and an EVEN BETTER IF for their response.
EBI:
Neater handwriting
Make better points
Try using the correct subject terminology in your second paragraph.
Don’t forget to link to the historical context.
Without looking, can you remember the quotation we discussed at the beginning of the lesson?
‘Come you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me with direst cruelty.’
(Act 1, Scene 5)
What can you say about this quotation?
And how about what the Captain says about Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 2?
‘Disdaining fortune, with…’
‘Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution…’
(Act 1, Scene 2)
TODAY’S KEY QUESTIONS:
Can I read, understand and respond to texts?
Can I consider the social and historical context of ‘Macbeth’ and discuss its significance?
Can I analyse the language in a scene and explain its significance?

8. RESOURCES

9. Make a point that answers the question.
Ambition is a major theme in the play, a negative trait that makes Shakespeare’s characters...
2) Find a quotation that helps answer the question and make an inference/discuss it.
In her soliloquy, Lady Macbeth says, ‘…’ We can infer from this that…
3) Analyse the quotation. What does it suggest? What effect does the language have? Use the correct subject terminology.
The verb/noun/adjective/imperative, ‘…’ could imply… Shakespeare may have Lady Macbeth say this because he wanted a contemporary audience to feel… Furthermore…
4) Relate to the social/historical context.
It is interesting to note that Shakespeare uses masculine imagery to help present Lady Macbeth’s ambition. Lady Macbeth clearly realises that to get anywhere in life she must…
5) Make your next point, talking about another part of the play. Repeat the process!
Ambition is further presented through…
Make a point that answers the question.
Ambition is a major theme in the play, a negative trait that makes Shakespeare’s characters...
2) Find a quotation that helps answer the question and make an inference/discuss it.
In her soliloquy, Lady Macbeth says, ‘…’ We can infer from this that…
3) Analyse the quotation. What does it suggest? What effect does the language have? Use the correct subject terminology.
The verb/noun/adjective/imperative, ‘…’ could imply… Shakespeare may have Lady Macbeth say this because he wanted a contemporary audience to feel… Furthermore…
4) Relate to the social/historical context.
It is interesting to note that Shakespeare uses masculine imagery to help present Lady Macbeth’s ambition. Lady Macbeth clearly realises that to get anywhere in life she must…
5) Make your next point, talking about another part of the play. Repeat the process!
Ambition is further presented through…
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